ORS 658.008: Purpose.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The purpose of ORS 658.005 to 658.245 is to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the people of Oregon in their dealings with employment agencies. To accomplish this purpose the Legislative Assembly intends: (1) To provide a procedure for determining where employment agencies will be operated in this state. (2) To assure the public that persons operating employment agencies in this state are of good character and responsibility. (3) To assure the public that the practices and procedures of employment agencies will result in individuals acquiring and retaining employment reasonably suited to their skills and needs. (4) To regulate the circumstances under which charges for services may be charged or collected by employment agencies, but not to include the setting of maximum permanent fees in schedules published by employment agencies. (5) To provide for the administration and enforcement of ORS 658.005 to 658.245 by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [1973 c.678 §24; 1981 c.318 §2; 1997 c.55 §3]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-017-0004: Definitions Generally — implements
- OAR 839-017-0011: Contents of Contracts between Employment Agencies and Applicants for Employment — implements
- OAR 839-017-0040: Fee Paid Positions — implements
- OAR 839-017-0052: Bona Fide Job Order Requirements — implements
- OAR 839-017-0054: Identification by Agency to Employer and Accepting Fee Paid Orders — implements
- OAR 839-017-0070: Job Referral Documents — implements
- OAR 839-017-0180: Advertising Deemed False or Misleading — implements
- OAR 839-017-0272: Filing Claims Against Bonds or Letters of Credit Maintained by the Employment Agency; Time for Filing Claims — implements
- OAR 839-017-0274: Violations for Which a Civil Penalty May Be Imposed — implements
- OAR 839-017-0276: Definition of “Acting Knowingly” — implements
- OAR 839-017-0277: Criteria to Determine Civil Penalty to Be Imposed — implements
- OAR 839-017-0280: Schedule of Civil Penalties to Be Imposed — implements
- OAR 839-017-0376: Disputes Between Agencies and Their Employees — implements
- OAR 839-017-0500: Contracts Between Employment Listing Services and Individuals — implements
- OAR 839-017-0505: Fees Charged by Employment Listing Services — implements
- OAR 839-017-0510: Confirmation of Position Availability by Employment Listing Services — implements
- OAR 839-017-0515: Employment Listing Services Required to be Registered — implements
- OAR 839-017-0520: Employment Listing Service Fee Forfeiture Provisions — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 658.005 — resolved
- 658.245 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors658.html